Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-29

drowned at Warrington saturday. He
fell from the wharf.
Bonneville is the name Of new post
office located west of PalatkA, in Putnam
county, and will be supplied from Palat-
ka. The office is located in fourishing
| neighborh0od.
TWO weeks since a young lady of
Gainesville went to jacksonville to pur-
chase her wedding outfit, and while there
met her affianced, who persuaded her to
finish up the job at once, TO which she
consented, and they went to the residence
| OF one of the clergymen and were united
in marriage. she returned to the city
and told her mother, but requested that
she keep the secret Till time when she
would meet her husband at home. The
groom is Col. Robinson, of Tallahassee, a
wea thy farmer, and the bride 10 NJ iss NJ.
A. White, the daughter of Mrs. White,
the milliner.
Saturday at Pensacola, above five miles
below the navy ward, the steamer Juno,
having The Italian bark lsde in tow,
broke her crank shaft. while going at fun
speed. 1t required The most dexterous
management on the part of the crews Of
| both vessels TO keep the bark from run
ming tbe steamer down, the latter, OF
course, having had her Roadway m ate
rally decreased by the accident. Not.
wIthstanding the mishap, however. the
Juno succeeded in getting the vessel
abreast of Warrington, making the five
miles in three hours aud a half, where
she dropped her and went alongside the
wharf.
A family consisting of a man, woman
! and six children passed through Gaines
VILE Saturday en- route from some place
| in the northern portion OF the county to
St. Augustine. The four elder children.
all boys. were Of uniform size, there not
being the difference of a pound in the
weight Of any member OF tine quartette.
The oldest OF them IS 10 aud the youngest
6 years old 1t appears that the family
have resided in some maiarious locality
where a child becomes unhealthy and
ceases to grow when 1t reaches a certain
age, hence the unanImity of size in the
boys of this particular household.
| Yesterday afternoon two countrymen,
! who live in the north western part of the
! county, beyond Etoniah creek, arrived In
! Palatka, having a negro in Charge whom
! they bad arrested as a suspicious charac-
ter. The negro had a-lsree bunch of keys
/ In his possession, aud failing TO give any
! good account Of himself, the counHvmen
4 arrested HIM and brought him to town,
j. " alking- the entire distance. Vhe negro
J WAS securely tied with Il rope, and his
tcaptDre were armed with the regulation
,d0uble-baneled shotgun. They carried
the'r prisoner before judge Haughton,
4 but as there were no grounds for hOding
! aim the Judge had him turned loose. 1t
/ is fearful to think of thesconsequen ces if
! that negro should have ttied to take leg
] bail of those cOuntrymen.
! Pensacola Commercial: The CONNER
I eiai was pleased to hear from Aspinwall
! Yesterday OF the good health and prosper.
! Ity or our old fellOw-citlZen, Capt. Sam
uel Clapp. He is in charge OF the dredg-
! ing company's operations, and in good
! health, lIis old-time partner, Capt. l.. b.
! Griffin, has a couple or SO OF gold mines.
! Tue Commercials informant says one of
! them is good, and Will render its owner
! sufficient Income by and by to maintain
yacht ike the Sans Peur, besides
: tropical residence on the table lands OF
| Central America. A gentleman Of intel
kgence IN an interview yesterday said,
as the result OF his observation, that he
! believed that the canal would have been
/ halt finished now If the cubic solids taken
! out had tquaied the amount OF liquor
drank In along the line. The engineering
difficulty seems to be two-iOd: How to
dam the water Of the Chagres river and
the food Of whisky at the same time.
Gainesville Advocates: Eleven years
ago / II. Ives, then resident OF Are
dOndo, died aud was buried IL the Gaines
Vile cemetery, where he has since rested
in an unmarked grave Wednesday OF
this week his widow came here from Sa-
vanuah 10 have the Remains taken up and
removed to toat place. Yesterday morn.
ing A. :. Hutchinson, funeral director o.
j. ". Williams ~ CO.'S furniture and IN.
dertaking house, accompanied Mrs. Ives
to the cemetery, where toe metal casket
containing the remains was unearthed
and opened. As the appearance of the
cemetery has CHANGED greatly since the
body was placed Mrs. Ives was IN doubt
AS TO whether the right grave had been
dug up until t0e casket was opened. She
then recognized her dead husband, as the
body was still IN fair state OF preserya-
tion, even his beard being well preserved.
Mr.. Hutchinson packed the remains
airesh yesterday evening, after which
they were expressed to savannah, where
they will be buried.